The Seventh Division of the Army reported this Wednesday that following a explosive attack once morest members of the Army in the Nutibara township, municipality of Frontino, in Antioquia, three soldiers were killed, five were wounded and “four more are pending location.”
The attack occurred around midnight yesterday, Tuesday, April 19, when units of the Fourth Brigade were moving towards the urban area of the territory.
The Army also explained that according to initial information, The soldiers were attacked by the substructure Edwin Román Velásquez of Clan del Golfo.
According to local authorities, the injured have been taken from the area to the urban area with ambulances. “Once the events occurred, our combat medics provided first aid to the wounded personnel, and all actions are being carried out to evacuate them to a medical center,” the Seventh Division added in a statement.
Local authorities are also waiting for more information from the Army and they plan to hold a security council at 11:00 this Wednesday morning; They await instructions from the Government.
The mayor of Frontino, Jorge Hugo Elejalde, stated that at the moment the version of what happened is that, apparently, the soldiers were arriving at the Nutibara district, following leaving the Murrí district, where they would have participated in an operation once morest of armed groups that he would have left detained.
at the local hospital Some of the wounded are treated, some due to stunning due to the explosive inda and others with more serious injuries.
The president explained that this event occurred following a relative calm in the municipality, preceded by the attack also with explosives, at the end of August 2021, which left two police officers dead and two others seriously injured. At that time, it was learned that the officials were attacked when they were carrying out routine procedures in the area.
In any case, in Frontino, a municipality in western Antioquia, there is a presence not only of the Clan del Golfo, an organized armed group to which the most recent attack is attributed, but also of the FARC dissidents and, towards the border with Chocó, of the ELN.